Closing the Circle: A Selection of African Baskets

Closing the Circle celebrates the range of contemporary African basketry with examples from several different African traditions:

Raffia-palm baskets from the Okavango region of Botswana and Namibia;Swazi baskets woven from sisal fibers in Swaziland;Samburu beaded baskets from Kenya;Tonga and Nambya ilala palm baskets from artists in Zimbabwe;Zulu Imbenge baskets made from recycled telephone wire in South Africa;Rwandan sisal and sweet-grass food baskets and traditional lidded Peace baskets woven of bamboo and raffia fibers by cooperatives of genocide survivors.